| Heritage High School | |
| Streetaddress: | 3020 Wards Ferry Road |
| City: | Lynchburg |
| State: | Virginia |
| Zipcode: | 24502 |
| Country: | USA |
| Url: | Official Site |
| District: | Lynchburg City Public Schools |
| Superintendent: | Crystal Edwards |
| Principal: | Timothy Beatty |
| Fundingtype: | Public |
| Schooltype: | high school |
| Grades: | 9–12 |
| Language: | English |
| Campus: | City |
| Mascot: | Pioneer |
| Nickname: | Big Orange |
| Colors: | Orange and Navy |
| Founded: | 1976 |
| Enrollment: | 1,043[1] |
| Enrollment As Of: | 2016–17 |
| Rival: | E.C. Glass High School, Brookville High School, Amherst County High School, Jefferson Forest High School |
| Athletics Conference: | Virginia High School League Class AAA Region C Seminole District |
Heritage High School is a public high school located in Lynchburg, Virginia.The school is a part of Lynchburg City Public Schools District. Timothy Beatty is the head principal . Heritage has enrollment of 1102 as of 2011. Its mascot is the Pioneer and its colors are Navy Blue and Orange.
Because of structural issues, the existing school building was demolished in 2016 and the new Heritage High School campus was completed.[2]
In January, 1975, a steering committee, representative of educators, students, parents, and the community at large, was appointed to begin planning a new high school to accommodate approximately 2,000 students. This committee and twenty-three subcommittees worked under the able direction of Dr. Ernest Martin, Special Assistant to the Superintendent, to draw up the initial specifications for the new school. From this planning merged the architects' design of an ultra-modern structure, beautiful in appearance and functional in use.
The new school had no real identity until the spring of 1976, when a special School Board committee, chaired by Mr. James K. Candler, made the following announcement: "We propose Heritage High School as a fitting name for the city's newest secondary building. The name shall serve to remind this generation and generations to come that the first responsibility in public education is to see that our democratic way of life is preserved through an informed electorate. This name shall call to mind both the pride in achievements in the past and shall hold forth a challenge for greater progress in the future. It shall provide a continuing reminder to Lynchburg educators and citizens of the obligation which is theirs - to mold the future through the education of the youth - to carry on the heritage of free education first established in the city of Lynchburg in 1871 and in the Colony of Virginia in 1634.
The building suffered many structural problems that resulted in the need for higher maintenance costs than comparable schools. In 2007, the Lynchburg School Board hired a firm to suggest ways to either renovate the building, merge the school population to E.C. Glass, or replace it. A task force urged replacement in a September 2011 report.[3] In March 2014, the Lynchburg City Council approved a $63.4 million bid from Barton Malow to build the new school in time for the beginning of the 2016 school year.
Heritage High School has a Marine Corps JROTC. In addition to academic subjects, extracurricular activities include Drill team, Rifle team, Cyber team, and Raider Team.
Heritage (Lynchburg) has won a number of VHSL Seminole District, Region III, and State Championships at the AAA and AA level.
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Heritage 24, Phoebus 20Williams Stadium (Lynchburg, VA)
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1978
1997
-Heritage 20, Salem 14
2002
- Heritage 28,Blacksburg 10[8]
2003
2004
2005
Scott Stevens, D.W Moore, Terrance Penn, Michael Costa, Aaron Reid, Jeffery Taylor, Cameron Grant, Jared Blakenship, Mike Howell, LA Robertson, Leland Heritige, Josh Owens, Brett Hass, Derick Wathall,
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2012
-Heritage 12, Amherst County 7
2017
— Heritage 62, Brookville 20
2018
-Heritage 44, Liberty (Bed) 28
2019
-Heritage 43, Spotswood 20
Heritage High School is also home to Pioneer Theatre which is a student run program. In 2010, the Virginia Theatre Association named Director Larry Hart theatre educator of the year. All sets are built by Applied Technical Theater I & II. The theatre produces around six shows a year. The six plays usually consist of an Acting II Competition Piece, a Theater in the round, a Mainstage Straight Play, a Mainstage Musical, an Acting II Musical or "Straight Play" Dinner Theatre, and the Acting II Original One Acts. While this is the current compilation it does change slightly from year to year.